Triangularly shaped concrete seat with tile covering

ABSTRACT

A triangularly shaped seat covered with tile along its top, hypotenuse side, and bottom margins which border a triangular recess in the bottom.

United States Patent [151 3,640,041 Michieli 1451 Feb. 8, 1972 [54] TRIANGULARLY SHAPED CONCRETE Refe ences Cited SEAT WITII TILE COVERING UNITED STATES PATENTS n2] Inventor: Roy E Mimic, 545 Begier Ave. San 1,599,654 9/1926 Cranston ..248/222 and") Ca 1,713,225 5 1929 H8386 ....108/64 2,611,261 9/1952 Preston... ....52/390 22 Filed: Dec. 4, 1969 2,729,093 1 1956 Ridley..... ....52/390 211 Appl. No.: 882,007 3,193,848 7 1965 Levy ..4 1s5 s Primary ExaminerFrank L. Abbott 52] US. Cl ..s2/390, 4/185, 52/56, AflislantEmminerRobert Schwartz Attorney-William Piper 51 1111.121 ..E04f 13/18, A47k 3 12 [58 Field 61 Search ..52/390, 392, 315, 576, 36, [57] ABSTRACT A triangularly shaped seat covered with tile along its top, hypotenuse side, and bottom margins which border a triangular recess in the bottom.

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ROY E. MICHIELI QA/M W4 ATTORNEY TRIANGULARLY SHAPED CONCRETE SEAT WITH TILE COVERING BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention Tile showers should be provided with a seat that will occupy little space and yet be large enough to support a person who sits on it. I have found that a triangularly shaped seat can be placed in a comer of the shower and be made large enough to support a person in sitting position and yet the seat will not interfere with the person using the shower in a normal manner for washing himself. It is preferable to have the seat covered with the same type of tile that is used in the shower.

I have designed a novel form for providing two similar triangularly shaped compartments on a base, the compartments being separated from each other by a common diagonally extending partition that is perpendicular to the plane of the base and forms one of the sides of each compartment. The other two sides of each compartment are formed by a right-angleshaped partition. Two of these right-angle-shaped partitions are provided and they are removably mounted on the base and have their ends removably connected to the ends of the common diagonally extending partition. The two compartments are designed to receive and support the tile and concrete that are used in constructing the two triangularly shaped tile covered stall shower seats.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object is to provide a novel seat which is concrete and covered with tile and is triangular so as to be used in stall showers and the like.

An object of my invention is to provide a form for making tile-covered seats for stall showers and the like that is constructed to provide two triangularly shaped compartments that are separated from each other by a common diagonally extending partition which is permanently secured to a base member of the form and constitutes one of the three sides for each compartment. The other two sides of each compartment are formed from a right-angle-shaped partition and two of these are provided. They are removably mounted on the base member and have their ends removably secured to the ends of the diagonally extending partition. After the two tile-covered concrete seats are formed in the two compartments, the concrete is permitted to set and then the two right-angleshaped partitions are disconnected from the diagonal partition and are removed from the base member. This frees the two tile seats from their compartments and permits them to be removed from the base member. The form is now ready to be used in the constructing of two more tile-covered seats.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a plan view of a form for making two shower seats at a time. The tile has been placed in one-half of the form and this tile will cover the top and front side of the completed tile seat. The tile on the front side of the seat are shown standing on edge.

FIG. 2 is a plan view similar to FIG. 1 and shows the shower seat completely formed with the tile covering a portion of the bottom of the seat placed in position. Also a triangularly shaped form board is shown in position, this form board being used for providing a recess in the bottom of the seat in order to lessen the weight of the seat.

FIG. 3 is a transverse section through the form and seat and is taken along the line 33 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a front isometric view of the top of the shower seat.

FIG. 5 is a rear isometric view of the bottom of the shower seat.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT In carrying out my invention 1 provide a form shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 for constructing two triangularly shaped tile covered stall shower seats at a time. A square base member A has a diagonally extending and upstanding partition B permanently secured thereto. The partition B divides the base member A into two equal triangular areas. Near each end of the partition B, I mount two triangularly shaped blocks and these are permanently secured to the partition. Two of the blocks C and D are mounted on opposite sides of the diagonal partition B, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and two more of the blocks E and F are mounted on opposite sides and near the opposite end of the partition.

The purpose of the two pairs of triangularly shaped blocks C, D and E, F, is to provide anchoring members for removably connecting angularly shaped side forms to the partition A, see FIGS. 1 and 2. One angle-shaped side form is shown at G and the other angle-shaped side form is shown at H. The angleshaped side form G has two members I and 2 extending at right angles to each other and a block 3 is secured to the two members at the corner formed by both of them and is for the purpose of reinforcing the corner of the form. It is possible of course to provide an angle-shaped side form G that does not i need the reinforcing comer block 3.

The free end of the form member 1 is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 4 for receiving the shank 5 of a stud that projects from the block C, see FIGS. 1 and 2. A washer 6 and a nut 7 are mounted on the shank 5 for securing the member 1 to the block C. In like manner the free end of the form member 2 is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 8 for receiving the shank 9 of a stud that projects from the block E. A washer 10 and a nut 11 are mounted on the shank 9 for securing the member 2 to the block E.

The angle-shaped form H has its two members 12 and I3 removably secured to the blocks D and F, respectively, see FIGS. 1 and 2. The free end of the form member 12 is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 14 for receiving the shank 15 of a stud that projects from the block C. A washer l6 and a nut 17 are mounted on the shank I5 for securing the member 12 to the block D. Also,,the free end of the form member 13 is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 18 for receiving the shank 19 of a stud that projects from the block F. A washer 20 and a nut 21 are mounted on the shank 19 for securing the member 13 to the block F. A corner block 22 is shown interconnecting the two side members 12 and 13 of the angle-shaped side form H.

I will-now describe how a triangularly shaped tile-covered shower seat is formed in the triangular form bordered by the diagonal partition B, and the angle fonn H. A description of how one seat is formed in this triangular area will suffice for a second identical tile-covered shower seat that can be formed in the triangular area bordered by the diagonal partition B, and the angle form G. FIG. 1 illustrates how a layer of tile can be placed on the base A and cover the triangular area bounded by the partition B and the angle-shaped form H.

A row of rectangular border tile is laid adjacent to the inner surface of the side form 12 with the glassy outer face of each tile being placed face down against the base A because this row of tile will appear on the top of the completed triangular shower seat when the latter is removed from the form. This row of tile is shown at 23 in FIG. 1. Another row 24 of rectangular border tile is laid adjacent the inner surface of the side 13 of the removable angle-shaped form H with the glassy outer face of each tile being placed face down against the base A. Where the two rows 23 and 24 meet, the two end tile at the point of juncture are mitered.

Next the operator lays five triangularly shaped tile 25 against the inner edges of the two tile rows 23 and 24, see FIG. 1, and this is followed by laying four square tiles 26 in the remaining space between the partition B and the five triangular tile. The glassy outer faces of the five triangular tiles 25 and the four square tiles 26 are laid face down upon the base member A. This series of tiles 23, 24, 25 and 26 will completely cover the triangular shower seat when the latter is removed from the form. The isometric front view of the top of the triangular shower seat is shown in FIG. 4.

Again inFlG. 1, i show a row of square tiles 27 arranged vertically with their glassy outer faces bearing against the inner surface of the diagonal partition B. The lower edges of these tiles 27 rest upon the adjacent surface portions of two of the triangular tiles 25 and three of the square tiles 26. Also, a rectangular tile 28 is placed on its edge and contacts with the adjacent face of the triangular block D and another rectangular tile 29 is placed on its edge and contacts with the adjacent face of the triangular block F.

Referring to the sectional view of the form and seat in FIG. 3, it will be seen that I next substantially fill the triangular area enclosed by the tiles 23, 24, 25 and 26, the border tile 27, 28 and 29, and the angle-shaped removable form H, with a lightweight concrete J, and l reinforce this concrete at 30. Before this concrete sets, I dispose two rows 31 and 32 of rectangular tile on the concrete and adjacent to the sides 12 and 13 of the angle-shaped form H, see FIG. 2. Nextl arrange another row 33 of rectangular tile adjacent to the vertical tile 27. All three rows 31, 32 and 33 have the glassy surfaces facing upwardly and where the rows intersect each other, the adjacent tiles have their edges mitered. The tiles 31, 32 and 33 will adhere to the adjacent surface of the concrete J, when the latter sets.

I form a triangular recess in the bottom of the concrete and this recess is bordered by the rows of tiles 31, 32 and 33. I use a removable triangularly shaped form member K, see FIGS. 2 and 3. This form member has chamfered edges 34 and it is forced into place before the concrete J has set. Then, after the concrete is set and the form K removed, the underside of the concrete .1 will have a triangular recess 35, see FIG. 5, of the same shape and size as the form K. The angle-shaped form H can be removed from the base A after the concrete has set after the operator loosens the nuts 17 and 21, see FIG. 2, and removes them and the washers 16 and 20 from the threaded studs 15 and 19. The tile 27 cover the hypotenuse side of the triangular seat.

The completed triangular shower seat L is shown in the isometric views of FIGS. 4 and 5. A top front view of the seat is shown in H6. 4 and a bottom rear view of the seat in H0. 5. Where a new tile shower is being built, a horizontal layer of the tile at one corner of the shower and at seat height are not placed in position in two adjacent walls, but the two sides of the seat L are placed in the grooves and the seat cemented into position. The tiles 27 at the front or hypotenuse side of the seat will now be exposed and when the cement has. set and the tile work in the shower completed, the seat will be ready for use. If the seat L is placed in an already completed tile shower, brackets, not shown, are used for supporting the seat the desired distance above the shower floor.

The seat can also be used as a step in a sunken tub lined with tile. The seat could be placed in a comer of the tub at a distance below the top of the tub where the bather could use the seat as a stepdown for entering the tub. The seat would be cemented in place in the tile tub in the same manner as it would be installed in a tile shower.

I claim:

1. A single unit tile seat substantially triangular in shape and having two sides extending at right angles to each other and an hypotenuse interconnecting the outer ends of these two sides; said seat comprising:

a. a body triangular in shape and formed of concrete;

b. a layer of tile covering the entire top of the concrete body and being cemented thereto and also covering only the hypotenuse side of said concrete body and not the two sides that extend at right angles to each other; and

c. three rows of tiles cemented to the bottom of the concrete body and bordering the hypotenuse side and the other two right-angle sides of said body and exposing a triangularly shaped central portion of the bottom of the concrete body, this portion being recessed to lighten the weight of the seat.

2. The tile seat as set forth in claim 1: and in which a. the two right-angle sides of the tile seat have their ends that connect with the ends of the hypotenuse side provided with tile-covered portions whose planes extend at right angles to the two right-angle sides of the seat. 

1. A single unit tile seat substantially triangular in shape and having two sides extending at right angles to each other and an hypotenuse interconnecting the outer ends of these two sides; said seat comprising: a. a body triangular in shape and formed of concrete; b. a layer of tile covering the entire top of the concrete body and being cemented thereto and also covering only the hypotenuse side of said concrete body and not the two sides that extend at right angles to each other; and c. three rows of tiles cemented to the bottom of the concrete body and bordering the hypotenuse side and the other two rightangle sides of said body and exposing a triangularly shaped central portion of the bottom of the concrete body, this portion being recessed to lighten the weight of the seat.
 2. The tile seat as set forth in claim 1: and in which a. the two right-angle sides of the tile seat have their ends that connect with the ends of the hypotenuse side provided with tile-covered portions whose planes extend at right angles to the two right-angle sides of the seat. 